ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What type of literary work is longer and more complex?
A
novel
B
poem
C
short story
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -(However, a standard novel is around 80, 000 words, so books between 50, 000 to 79, 999 words may be called short novels.) A novella is the longest of the short fiction forms, granting writers freedom for an expanded story, descriptions, and cast of characters, but still keeping the condensed intensity of a short story.

Detailed explanation-2: -This is a list of published novels with over 500, 000 words. Currently, the longest novel in the world is Venmurasu, a modern setting of the Hindu epic Mahabharatha, finished in 2020 by Tamil writer Bahuleyan Jeyamohan which has over 2, 300, 000 words.

Detailed explanation-3: -Flash Fiction: 53-1, 000 words. Short Stories: 3, 500-7, 500. Novellettes: 7, 500-17, 000. Novellas: 17, 000-40, 000. Novels: 40, 000 + words.

Detailed explanation-4: -A complex story isn’t a story, that is not predictable. Complex mostly means a lot is going on at the same time. Many characters with differenct wishes and desires. To make it more complex you simply need more subplots, that are needed for the fulfilment of your mainplot. A twist never makes a story complex.

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